Cutaneous leishmaniasis acquired in Jura, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-184

  Faber, William R ^a   Hoekzema, Rick ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a   Zeegelaar, Jim E ^a   de Vries, Henry J H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIQUIMOD; ITRACONAZOLE; MILTEFOSINE; TACROLIMUS;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; CASE REPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FOREST; FRANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NAUSEA; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

EID: 84856569541     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.110408     Document Type: Letter

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